Historic shuttle bombing lands US, Soviet forces in Russia
American bombers and Mustangs reportedly landed at secret Russian bases after striking Romanian targets, creating joint air operations with the Red Air Force. The operation, tied to wartime conferences, involved bases possibly in Italy and drew reactions from U.S. and Soviet leaders as crews prepared for more missions.
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U. S. Strategic Air Force
Russia
Hitler
Red Air Force
Mazi
Italy
Mediterranean Air Command
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Bari
Supreme Allied
Mediterranean
Romanian
Red
U.S
W. Averell ‘Harriman
John R Deane
England
Africa
Deane
Ivan
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
U. S
Hull
Moscow
Teheran
Roosevelt
Marshall Stalin
Churchill
Dramatic Nazi Attempt To Capture Tito Fails
German paratroopers and gliders attacked Tito’s Bosnian headquarters near Drvar on May 25 but the Yugoslav leader escaped to the mountains with his staff. Rommel directed the assault. Allied officers were captured and later escaped. US and RAF aircraft bombed German supply hubs as ground forces fought across the area.
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Tito
Josephe Morton
Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
Erwin Rommel
Randolph Churchill
Stoyan Pribichevich
Time
Life
Fortune
John Talbot
Reuters
Pribichevich
Drvar
Split
Petrovac
U. S. Fifteenth Air Force
R.A.F
Bihac
Adriatic
Roaring raid targets Romanian sites, Moscow reports
London dispatch says Moscow radio quotes Izvestia on American heavy bombers striking Romanian targets at night. If accurate, this would mark the first major action of its kind in the current shuttle raid to Russia.
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London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Izvestia
Daughter of Navy Doctor Kidnapping Foiled in Seattle
Florence Marks the 65 year old daughter of a naval doctor was taken from her bedroom window by a 16 foot ladder but abandoned on a doorstep 14 blocks away. Dr Robert F Ballard Harborview Hospital said the child was unharmed and released to her father Arthur I Chaffee assistant chief of police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Florence Marks
Robert F. Ballard
King County Harborview
William Feek
Arthur I. Chaffee
Million Tax Refunds Passed On Since March
The Internal Revenue Bureau announced over one million refunds have been issued on 1943 individual income tax returns since March 15. About 17 million taxpayers remain eligible, with checks to be mailed gradually from regional treasury offices to taxpayers in their districts.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Office of the Treasury
FBI arrests 15 in Baltimore draft evasion ring
The FBI detained 14 men and one woman on Saturday on charges of dodging the draft and aiding others to feign mental illness to obtain deferments.
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Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rock Island builds new Cedar Rapids roundhouse
The Rock Island Lines announced Saturday it is constructing a 12-stall red brick roundhouse in Cedar Rapids adjacent to existing shops. The $110000 plus project includes a 115 foot stalls, a turntable for 5000 and 5100 class locomotives, and remodeling of the machine shop with relocated water, sand, fuel, and cinder facilities. Stark Building Company of Cedar Rapids holds the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
Rock Island Lines
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Stark Building Company of
Legion Commander To Tour New Guinea With Gen. MacNider
Warren K. Atherton American Legion commander from Stockton California met Gen. Douglas MacArthur prior to a planned inspection tour of the Southwest Pacific war area. Lt. Col. Raymond J. Kelly and Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider accompanied the group as Atherton prepared to travel to New Guinea with MacNider.
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Australia
Warren K. Atherton
Stockton
Calif
American Legion
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific War Area
Atherton
Raymond J. Kelly
Washington, D. C
Legion
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
New Guinea
MacNider
Iowa Group Acts on WMC Rules
Des Moines reports the War Manpower Commission program gained approval and endorsement from Iowa and regional management labor committees. The action supports hiring controls with freedom of choice for employers and workers, allowing selective referrals to meet production needs while avoiding nonessential industries unless justified by hardship or emergencies.
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Des Moines
War Manpower Commission
Iowa Management Labor Committee
George D. Haskell
WMC
Haskell
Frank M. Rarig, Jr
Minneapolis
Management-Labor Committee
Rarig
Iowa
Allied Bombers Hammer Pas De Calais Coastal Forts
Allied daylight and night air raids struck Nazi coastal fortifications in Pas De Calais and Boulogne with 250 Flying Fortresses and Liberators in the morning and a second wave in the afternoon. RAF forces attacked Trappes near Paris and Leverkusen while Italian based planes hit Giurgiu on the Danube. In total Friday and Saturday, allied air forces dropped about 7,000 tons of explosives on the European front.
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London
U.S
Pas-De-Calais
Boulogne
France
Europe
Britain
West Wall
R.A.F
Atlantic Wall
Mediterranean
Russia
Italy
Giurgiu
Danube
Romania
Ploesti
Mail from Great Britain Delayed
Washington sources said delays in letters from Great Britain likely stem from transportation problems and stricter preinvasion censorship. Americans reported receiving none for up to two weeks while Office of Censorship urged patience and warned of ongoing difficulties.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Office of Censorship
Flyers Raise Funds To Educate Orphan Tony Everitt
London RP reports a Ninth Air Force base fund near $3,000 to educate four year old Tony Everitt orphaned when his mother Betty Everitt died trying to save American pilots from a burning bomber last Saturday. Betty saved one man before the plane exploded.
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London
U. S
Ninth Air Force Base
Tony Everitt
Betty Everitt
New GI War Bond Open to Armed Services Members
Treasury officials announced a new GI war bond costing seven dollars fifty cents with a ten dollar payoff. The issue will be sold to members of the army navy marine corps coast guard and maritime service.
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Washington
Treasury
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Maritime Service
Yanks Mopping Up on Biak Isle
American Sixth Army forces pushed to the crest above the Bosnek Mokmer road on Biak, storming the ridge near Ibdi and Mandom to tighten control of the area. Troops pressed through prepared positions while enemy sniper fire shaped a cautious advance toward Mokmer airfield and adjacent targets.
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New Guinea
Bosnek-Mokmer Road
Biak
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Schouten Islands
Mokmer
Ibdi
Mandom
Basnek
Philippines
Sorido
Borokoe
Iowa Manufacturing Employee Loses Leg in Accident
Verne Thompson, 44, of 1381 First Avenue SE, suffered the loss of his left leg Saturday while changing a stroke on a side planer at the Iowa Manufacturing plant. He slipped and fell into the machine, was amputated above the knee, taken to St Luke's hospital, received several blood transfusions, and remains in serious condition.
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Cedar Rapids
Verne
Thompson
First Avenue SE
Iowa Manufacturing Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sheepherder Admits Slaying of Rancher
Clyde Matteson a Laramie rancher and retired Marine Corps captain died in a Fort Collins hospital from a gunshot wound. A 26 year old sheep herder James Howard Baker surrendered after a dispute over wages and admitted firing saying he only intended to mark the car. Baker is held in the county jail without charge pending district attorney action.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Clyde Matteson
Laramie
Wye
Marine Corps
Gus-Anderson
Greeley
Anderson
James Howard Baker
Matteson
Navy Spends Record Sums On War Efforts Reported
Washington AP reports Rear Admiral William Brent Young discloses navy spending reaching high figures. The navy uses about $1,500,000 daily to keep planes flying and nearly $2,000,000,000 yearly for fuel. Weekly clothing costs total $11,500,000, with freight at $40,000,000 monthly and family allowances exceeding $500,000,000 over two years. Bonds sold to navy personnel surpass $500,000,000. Office-supply savings exceed $100,000 yearly.
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Washington
William Brent Young
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Young
Navy
Wallace Visits With Siberians in Irkutsk Speech
Vice president Wallace spoke in Russian to a Siberian audience in Irkutsk calling for full collaboration between the United States and the Soviet Union and allies to secure stable postwar peace. Moscow radio reported his Friday night remarks as he tours China.
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London
Siberian
Irkutsk
Wallace
Moscow
China
American Northwest
Canada
Alaska
Soviet Siberia
United States
Russia
Siberia
Komsomolsk
Yakutsk
Labor Front Brightens as Work Stoppages Shrink
The Associated Press reports labor disputes cut 11 industries Saturday affecting about 11,000 workers after earlier losses of 50,000. The Worcester, Massachusetts American Steel and Wire plant saw 3,600 idle amid an unauthorized strike over grievance procedures. Other hotspots included Dan River and Riverside cotton mills over yarn shortages and race concerns, Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna workers returning after a two day strike, and bread shortages from bakeries in Toledo and Cincinnati. Bus service disruption hit several southeastern cities due to Greyhound maintenance staff walkouts tied to a New York schedule.
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American Steel and Wire Company
Worcester
Mass
CIO
Danville
Riverside
Dan River
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lackawanna
N. Y
Ordnance
Carbondale
Ill
Sayreton
Ala
Tampa, Fla
Berwick
Pullman Standard Company
Birmingham
Toledo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Florida
Tennessee
Georgia
Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines
New York
Breezes Promise Cooler Readings After Warm Spell
Cedar Rapids area forecasts call for increasing cloudiness with Sunday showers and cooler weather. Fresh to strong winds accompany the cool down as temperatures show a drop from 92 Friday afternoon to 78 by midnight and 72 at 5 30 am. Decorah reported the state's low at 63.
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Cedar Rapids
Towa
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Burlington
Mercury
Decorah
Partisans Start General Offensive in Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito announced a general pre invasion offensive against weakened German garrisons across Yugoslavia. Partisan headquarters reported capturing a stronghold at Pec in Slovenia, 28 miles north of the Albanian border, as Tito claimed the German offensive in western Bosnia failed.
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London
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Pec
Slovenia
Tito
Bosnia
Squadron Leader Neville Duke Tops Mediterranean Ace List
Allied air force reports Squadron Leader Neville Duke destroyed six enemy aircraft from May 13 to 21 raising his total to 26. His squadron operating from the beach-head strip wiped out 16 enemy planes and damaged 10 during the same period.
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Allied Air Force Headquarters
Italy
Neville Duke
Mediterranean
Allies Break Through in Italy Push Toward Rome
Allied forces report breaking through enemy positions south of Rome and hold Alban hills near the capital. Fifth Army captures Labico and Lanivio while Eighth Army advances near Anagi as German defenses in the sector show depth.
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Adolf Hitler
Fifth Army
Rome
Allied Headquarters
Naples
Alban Hills
Allied
Labico
Valmontone
Via Casilina
Lanuvio
Velletri
Eighth Army
Anagi
Rocco di Papa
Palestrina
United States
Sacco River
Cave
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Reds
Ecussa
Eastern Command
Budapest
Banja Luka
Livno
Maj
FBI
Channel
Great Trappes
Paris
Leverkusen
Germany
Cologne
Air Ministry
Biak Isle
THE
Partisans
Marquis Childs
David
Lawrence
Marion
Drew Pearson
Vereunereeeer Sports
Ccccceeneaneyosas State
Pius
Berlin
Foreign Office
Colle Ferro
Highway 6
Sgurgola
Fer=entino
Alphonse Juin
Monteelancio
Montelanci
Iron Claws
Tor
Fer~entino
Sacco
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